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​Begg v HM Treasury [2015] EWHC 1851 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 274 (Jun)

Ben Summerfield & Kirsty O’Connor return to explore why the legal profession has been reluctant to embrace alternative fee arrangements

Costs budgeting is here to stay so technical changes & a cultural shift are required, says Sue Nash

Dominic Regan salutes a return to form by Sir Rupert Jackson

Who bears the costs of statutory demands, asks Elaine Palser

Philip Evangelou considers the counter-party risk for firms acting on a CFA, & the impact that insufficient ATE & recoverability can have on the CFA relationship

What has gone so badly wrong with budgeting, asks Dominic Regan

Dominic Regan shares his concern that proportionality, a major plank of the Jackson reforms, is so often sidelined

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Taylor Rose—Jacqui Hayat & Andrew Bentham

Taylor Rose—Jacqui Hayat & Andrew Bentham

Taylor Rose strengthens Medical Negligence team with senior leadership appointments

Birmingham Law Society—Sabina Kauser

Birmingham Law Society—Sabina Kauser

Ward Hadaway partner appointed Vice President of Birmingham Law Society

Excello Law—Nick Gore & Irfan Ali

Excello Law—Nick Gore & Irfan Ali

Excello Law immigration boost with two more hires from Irwin Mitchell

NEWS
An optometrist contesting a misconduct finding appealed his case because the judge heard it remotely while reclining in bed at home where he was recovering from surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon
Official figures showing record criminal court backlogs provide further evidence ministers should abandon controversial plans to scale back access to jury trials, the Bar Council has said
A naturist walking naked on a public footpath near Macclesfield did not have his human rights breached when a police officer arrested him, the High Court has held
CILEX has urged the government to maintain the Access to Justice Foundation’s (AJF’s) status as the only charity entitled to undistributed damages and settlements from opt-out collective actions
The Ministry of Justice is running a £4m national television and social media channel campaign to recruit thousands more magistrates
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